Entries from November 2012

Monday, November 12. 2012

Another Stewardship Saturday will be held this Saturday (November 17) at the EIC. The goal of Stewardship Saturdays, held each month, is to remove invasive plants from the Environmental Interpretive Center Natural Areas. For more information, see the EIC’s newsletter Natural Explorations.

Friday, November 9. 2012

Did you miss the business etiquette dinner last night? The library might be able to help you with some of what you missed! While we don’t have any leftovers from the dinner, the library has many books in our collection about business etiquette. For example, we have the e-book Business Etiquette for Dummies, 2nd edition. And, if you expect to have an international reach in the future, we have Do’s and Taboos Around the World, 3rd edition. Check out a book today!

Thursday, November 8. 2012

On this day in 1887, John Henry (Doc) Holliday died of tuberculosis. There was much more to Doc Holliday than his association with the Earp brothers and the 30-second Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881. How much do you know about the life of Doc Holliday? Wikipedia has quite a biography, with links to the well-known and not-so-well-known events in Holliday's life.

Monday, November 5. 2012

On this day in 1912, Woodrow Wilson was elected the 28th President of the United States. Did you know that the 1912 election was a 4-way contest and that Wilson won the election with less than 50% of the popular vote?

While Woodrow Wilson is probably best remembered for the League of Nations, did you know that he also ordered the U.S. Navy to occupy Veracruz, Mexico?